Lady{3 s handbag, pouch or purse

ABSTRACT

A lady&#39;&#39;s handbag, pouch or purse is assembled by first securing the respective rims of the body material used for the body of the bag, pouch or purse to elongate beaded holders and then sliding the beads of the holders into correspondingly profiled crossbars of the frame for the bag, pouch or purse. The hinged legs of two frame halves are secured to the crossbars by sliding enlarged portions at the free ends of the legs into the ends of the crossbars in which they are secured by indenting the bar material at the ends thereof.

United States Patent Inventor Appl. No. Filed Patented Assignees Priority Georg Reitzel Altenmittlau, Kreis, Gelnhausen, Germany 776,422

Nov. 18, 1968 ,Ian. 26, 1971 Drescher & Kieier Altenmittlau, Kreis, Gelnhausen, Germany a firm of Germany. a part interest; Randolph-Rand Corporation New York, N.Y. a corporation of New York. a part interest Aug. 22, 1968 Austria LADY S HANDBAG, POUCH 0R PURSE 6 Claims, 14 Drawing Figs.

US. Cl 150/29, 29/434, 29/509 Int. Cl A4Sc 3/06, A45c 13/04 Field of Search 150/29;

29/434, 509, (inquired); 113/1 16FF [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,966,204 7/1934 Hiering 150/29 2,612,925 10/1952 Starr 150/29 2,694,428 11/1954 Fisher 150/29 3,048,209 8/1962 Kemmer 150/29 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,285,006 1/1962 France 150/29 Primary ExaminerDonald F. Norton Attorney-Hane & Baxley ABSTRACT: A ladys handbag, pouch or purse is assembled by first securing the respective rims of the body material used for the body of the bag, pouch or purse to elongate beaded holders and then sliding the beads of the holders into correspondingly profiled crossbars of the frame for the bag, pouch or purse. The hinged legs of two frame halves are secured to the, crossbars by sliding enlarged portions at the free ends of the legs into the ends of the crossbars in which they are secured by indenting the bar material at the ends thereof.

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LADYS HANDBAG, POUCH OR PURSE The invention relates to a lady's handbag, pouch or purse, and more particularly to a frame structure for such handbag, pouch or purse which is comprised of two frame halves each consisting of two legs joined at one end by a hinge and at the other end by two crossbars, the material used for the body of the bag, pouch or purse being secured to said bars.

BACKGROUND There are known lady's handbags, pouches and purses of the general kind above referred to in which the body material such as leather is secured to the bars of the frame structure by clamping the material between the bars and channeled strips force fitted upon the bars from the top side thereof.

Such mode of securing the body material simplifies somewhat the manufacture of the'bags, pouches or purses, hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as bags," and reduces the costs thereof, but not as much as desirable as two different components must be provided and assembled for securing the body material, namely the bar proper fastened to the frame halves prior to the attachment of the material and the channeled strip subsequently force fitted upon the bar. Moreover, the material must be secured to the frame structure before it can be locked in position by the channeled strip.

THE INVENTION It is a broad object of the invention to provide a novel and improved handbag, pouch or purse of the general kind above referred to which can be faster and less expensively assembled than is possible with frame structures as heretofore known and without requiring skilled labor.

The aforepointed out objects, features and advantages, and other objects, features and advantages which will be pointed out hereinafter are obtained by first mounting the body material on the crossbars and then fixedly inserting the ends of the bars into the respective ends of the frame halves. The free ends of each leg of both frame halves is locked in the bars by indenting the bar material so that it is pressed against the ends of the legs inserted into the bars.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, respective marginal portions of the body material are first secured to a flag on headed holders which are then slid with their head portion into and retained in correspondingly profiled crossbars. A head portion at the end of each leg is thereupon slid into the respective ends of the bars and locked therein by indenting the bar material adjacent to the headed leg ends.

In the accompanying drawings, several preferred embodiments of the invention are shown by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lady's handbag according to the invention, the bag being shown in a partly open position;

FIG. 2 is a section taken along line II-Il of FIG. 1 on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of a finished lady's handbag according to the invention, the bag being shown in its closed position;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a partly assembled bag according to FIG. 3, in partly open position;

FIG. 4a is a perspective view of one of the frame halves ready for attachment to the bag of FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 is a partial end view of one of the crossbars of the frame structure on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 6 is an end view of a holder for attaching the body material to the bars of the frame structure, the body material being shown attached to the holder;

FIG. 7 shows the holder of FIG. 6 inserted into the bar of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is an edge view of the end of one of the legs of the frame structure on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 9 is an edge view showing the holder according to FIG. 6 and the leg according to FIG. 8 inserted into a bar according to FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is an edge view similar to FIG. 9 after locking the leg in the bar by indenting the material thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side view of FIG. 8',

FIG. 12 is a side view of FIG. 9; and

FIG. 13 is a side view of FIG. 10.

Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2 in detail, the frame structure of the exemplified handbag comprises two frame halves each consisting of two legs 1 and 2 formed of suitable flat stock such as sheet metal and joined at one end by a hinge 3. Each of the legs has near its free end portion 11 a punched out hole 21. Instead of punching holes into the free ends of the legs a recess may also be provided for a purpose which will become evident from the previous description.

The frame structur'e further comprises two channeled cross bars 3, preferably of U-shaped cross section. Coacting lock parts 20 and 21 are indicated on bars 3. These lock parts are not described in detail as they do not constitute part of the invention and should be visualized as being conventional.

The handbag according to FIG. 1 is assembled by first inserting the respective rims of body material 4 such as leather into the channeled bars 3 and then securing the material therein, for instance by gluing or squeezing the bars. The width of the material should be such that the bars are clear of material at each end. The assembly of the bag is completed by inserting the free ends of the legs into the bar ends as it is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and securing the leg ends within the bars by depressing the bar material at 33 so that it engages holes 21 (or the recess in the leg ends), as it is shown in FIG. 2. This figure also shows that at the outside of the bar material a corresponding indentation 43 is formed.

Turning now to the handbag of FIGS. 3 and 4, the frame structure used for the handbag of these figures comprises bars 3a which are profiled as can best be seen in FIG. 5. As shown in this figure, the channel in each bar defines an inner circular portion 3b joined by a constricted or throat portion 3c to an outer straight portion 3d.

The body material is attached to the bars by holders 25, as shown in FIG. 6. Each holder comprises a beaded elongate end portion 6, the diameter of which is smaller than that of circular portion 3b but wider than the crosswise width of constricted channel portion 3c. Head portion 6 is continued by an elongate flag portion 7 to which the outer body material 5 and suitable lining material 5a are secured by suitable fastening means such as stapling or sewing, as is indicated at 26.

. Each holder is slipped into the bars from the open ends thereof, as is shown in FIG. 7. This figure also shows that the holders and with it the body material cannot be pulled downwardly out of the bars and also not tilted with reference to the bars.

As is evident from the previous description, the body material is secured to the holders prior to the insertion of the latter into the bars. 7

End portions Ila of legs I and 2 have the configuration best shown in FIGS. 8 and Ill, and also in FIG. 4a. Each end portion terminates in a bead 8 of circular cross section.

The assembly of the handbag is completed by slipping the beads 8 of each leg into one end of the bars and by then securing the legs in the bars by indenting the bar material adjacent to beads 8, as it is indicated at 43 and has been described more in detail in connection with FIG. 2.

FIG. 9 shows both the holders and the body material secured thereto and the legs inserted into the bars 3, and FIG. 10 shows the locking of the legs and thus also of the holders against lengthwise displacement by indentations 43.

As is evident from the previous description, the method and the structure according to the invention result in a great simplification of the manufacture and assembly of bags. In particular, assembly of the frame structure from two frame halves and two channeled bars initially separate permit attachment of the body material to the bars prior to the completion of the frame structure thereby greatly facilitating the complete assembly of the bag. it also eliminates all intricate manual work requiring the use of skilled labor. Practical experience and tests have shown that the invention provides a substantial improvement in the art of making handbags, pouches, purses, etc.

lclaim: l. A method of assembling a ladys handbag, or purse, said method comprising the steps of:

providing two frame halves each comprised of two legs hinged together at one end and two bars each profiled along the length thereof to define in the bars a lengthwise groove for attachment of the body material of a bag, pouch or purse and of the frame legs; first attaching of the body material to said bars within the grooves thereof; then inserting the leg ends into the ends of the grooves in the bars thereby forming a unitary frame structure; and finally depressing inwardly the material of the bars at the ends thereof so as to secure the legs within the bars by engagement of the depressed bar material with the leg ends. 2. A frame structure for a ladys handbag, pouch or purse, said frame structure comprising in combination:

two frame halves each comprised of two legs hinged together at one end; two bars each profiled along the'length thereof to define a receiving groove for attachment of body material for a bag, pouch or purse to said bars, the free ends of said legs being shaped to fit into the ends of said grooves; and said bars being lengthwise channeled, and each of the leg ends insertable into the grooves of the bars having a recessed portion, the bars having adjacent to each end a depressed wall portion protruding into the recessed portion of the respective leg thereby rigidly securing the legs to the bars to form a unitary frame structure. 3. The frame structure according to claim 2 wherein the groove in each of said bars is constricted along its length at its opening, and each of said legs has at its free end a head portion insertable into the groove of the respective bar for retention therein by the constricted opening of the groove, and wherein said frame structure further comprises two holders for attaching said material to said bars, each of said holders having a head portion insertable into. the groove of the respective bar from the end thereof for retention in the groove by the constricted opening thereof and a flag portion extending from said head portion for securing thereto said body material.

4. The frame structure according to claim 3 wherein the head portion of each of said holders has a peripheral outline fitting the grooves of the bars but having a maximal crosswise width in excess of the peripheral outline of the constricted opening of the grooves.

5. A lady's handbag, pouch or purse comprising:

a frame structure comprised of two frame halves each including a pair of legs hinged together at one end, each of said legs having a recess at its free end;

two Ct'OSSbafS each having a groove along the length thereof;

body material forming a bag, pouch or purse secured at its rims in the grooves of said bars leaving free the ends thereof, the free ends of said legs being inserted into the grooves at the free ends thereof; and

indentations in the material 'of the bars at the ends thereof protruding into said recesses of the legs to secure the same to the bars.

6. The structure according to claim 5 wherein the groove in each of said bars has a constricted exit therein, and wherein the rims of said body material are attached to two holders, each of said holders including a flag portion having the rims of the material secured thereto and a head portion slidably inserted into the groove of the respective bar and retained therein by the constricted exit thereof, the free ends of the legs being also inserted into the grooves of the bars and locked therein by said indentations of the bar material. 

1. A method of assembling a lady''s handbag, or purse, said method comprising the steps of: providing two frame halves each comprised of two legs hinged together at one end and two bars each profiled along the length thereof to define in the bars a lengthwise groove for attachment of the body material of a bag, pouch or purse and of the frame legs; first attaching of the body material to said bars within the grooves thereof; then inserting the leg ends into the ends of the grooves in the bars thereby forming a unitary frame structure; and finally depressing inwardly the material of the bars at the ends thereof so as to secure the legs within the bars by engagement of the depressed bar material with the leg ends.
 2. A frame structure for a lady''s handbag, pouch or purse, said frame structure comprising in combination: two frame halves each comprised of two legs hinged together at one end; two bars each profiled along the length thereof to define a receiving groove for attachment of body material for a bag, pouch or purse to said bars, the free ends of said legs being shaped to fit into the ends of said grooves; and said bars being lengthwise channeled, and each of the leg ends insertable into the grooves of the bars having a recessed portion, the bars having adjacent to each end a depressed wall portion protruding into the recessed portion of the respective leg thereby rigidly securing the legs to the bars to form a unitary frame structure.
 3. The frame structure according to claim 2 wherein the groove in each of said bars is constricted along its length at its opening, and each of said legs has at its free end a head portion insertable into the groove of the respective bar for retention therein by the constricted opening of the groove, and wherein said frame structure further comprises two holders for attaching said material to said bars, each of said holders having a head portion insertable into the groove of the respective bar from the end thereof for retention in the groove by the constricted opening thereof and a flag portion extending from said head portion for securing thereto said body material.
 4. The frame structure according to claim 3 wherein the head portion of each of said holders has a peripheral outline fitting the grooves of the bars but having a maximal crosswise width in excess of the peripheral outline of the constricted opening of the grooves.
 5. A lady''S handbag, pouch or purse comprising: a frame structure comprised of two frame halves each including a pair of legs hinged together at one end, each of said legs having a recess at its free end; two crossbars each having a groove along the length thereof; body material forming a bag, pouch or purse secured at its rims in the grooves of said bars leaving free the ends thereof, the free ends of said legs being inserted into the grooves at the free ends thereof; and indentations in the material of the bars at the ends thereof protruding into said recesses of the legs to secure the same to the bars.
 6. The structure according to claim 5 wherein the groove in each of said bars has a constricted exit therein, and wherein the rims of said body material are attached to two holders, each of said holders including a flag portion having the rims of the material secured thereto and a head portion slidably inserted into the groove of the respective bar and retained therein by the constricted exit thereof, the free ends of the legs being also inserted into the grooves of the bars and locked therein by said indentations of the bar material. 